Built as HOBSONS BAY for the Australian emigrant trade. Renamed ESPERANCE BAY-1936. Broken up Faslane 6 July 1955.
Essex County Standard 20 August 1954 says vessel arrived 14 August 1954 and ECS 20 September 1954 says she sailed from the river on 8 September.
Oyster Company ledger payment 3 weeks 5 days compensation 8 September 1954, Shaw Savill & Albion.

Above: Liner ESPERANCE BAY, laid up in River Blackwater, August - September 1954. Photo taken by Sheila Warren née Johnson - her brother used to work for Clarke & Carter and took out supplies to the ships in the river.
Built 1922, 13,837 tons gross. Broken up July 1955. Date: cSeptember 1954.Source: Mersea Museum / Sheila Warren Collection